Galeottiella

Galeottiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Galeottiellinae
Genus: Galeottiella
Schltr.

Galeottiella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Traditionally it had been included in subtribe Spiranthinae, but following molecular phylogenetic and morphological studies it is now placed in a subtribe on its own, Galeottiellinae.[1][2][3]

Galeottiella is native to the mountain ranges of Mexico and adjacent Guatemala. It includes two known species (as of June 2014):[4]

See also

References

  1. Rutkowski, P., J. Mytnik & D. L. Szlachetko. 2004. New taxa and new combinations in Mesoamerican Spiranthinae (Orchidaceae, Spirantheae). Annales Botanici Fennici 41(6): 471–477
  2. Szlachetko, D. L. 1991. Genera and species of the subtribe Spiranthinae (Orchidaceae). Contribution to the revision of Galeottiella. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 36: 1–12.
  3. Hágsater, E. & M. Soto. 2003. Orchids of Mexico. Icones Orchidacearum (México) 5–6: i–xxii, t. 501–t. 700.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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